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Disaster Awaits Cities in Developing World’s Quake Zones	28 Feb 2010 19:10 GMT	6
Sure enough, as someone recently posted, they're saying that a major, Haiti-sized quake in Tehran might kill one million. Incredible. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/science/earth/25quake.html?hp
The heat of the earth causes volcanoes?	28 Feb 2010 18:58 GMT	9
Enceladus is a long way from home. Discovered by William Herschel in 1789. 238,020 km from Saturn, with an Equatorial Radius of 153 miles; it should have cooled since then.
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF ED CONRAD'S PETRIFIED BRAIN	28 Feb 2010 12:36 GMT	-
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5.3 Ecuador	28 Feb 2010 12:05 GMT	-
5.3 2010/02/28 10:26:53 -1.110 -80.310 40.8 NEAR THE COAST OF ECUADOR I have a suspicion this is going to be the key to the end of this Low at Biscay bringing pleasant weather to the UK at the moment.
EARTHQUAKES! Everywhere! How Can GOD & JESUS Do This To US, His Beloved?	28 Feb 2010 02:17 GMT	4
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TSUNAMI WARNING FOR HAWAII, FIRST WAVE AT 11:19 AM HST, 10-15 FOOT WAVES; ADVISORY FOR WEST COAST	28 Feb 2010 01:08 GMT	6
Tsunami Warning for Hawaii, First Wave at 11:19 a.m. HST, 10-15 Foot Waves; Advisory for West Coast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460455/posts Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti
Japan: 7.0 quake	27 Feb 2010 05:38 GMT	-
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010teb2.php#summary Felt Reports: Felt (V) on Okinawa. Tectonic Summary The Ryukyu Islands earthquake of February 26, 2010, occurred near the
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Waiting for the Martian spring	25 Feb 2010 22:17 GMT	-
Apparently the now-stationary rover Spirit may be able to provide some data that could lead to a better understanding of the planet's core...if Spirit can keep functioning through the winter: http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1828078/spirits_tour_to_the_center_of_mars/
sue hough's new book on earthquake prediction	24 Feb 2010 18:27 GMT	7
http://www.amazon.com/Predicting-Unpredictable-Tumultuous-Earthquake-Prediction/ dp/0691138168 It finally materialized in my local bookstore, though Amazon claims its been out for a couple months. Sue is an occasional poster in this newsgroup.
Major earthquake in Haiti	24 Feb 2010 13:02 GMT	22
M7 (M7.3?) and shallow, only a few miles from Port-au-Prince, with major damage reported. It's the poorest countries that often suffer the most; they don't have much to begin with and even less afterwards.
Canadian (and Haitian) seismograms online	24 Feb 2010 12:54 GMT	-
Here is the main page: http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/index-eng.php Here is the online page for their seismographs in Haiti: http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/haiti/index-eng.php
Wal-Mart's going to sink in an earthquake?	24 Feb 2010 07:23 GMT	1
I don't know: he said it, not me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2uonRGKYk Neat video, though. Barb
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Major cities on shaky ground - Washington Post	23 Feb 2010 20:12 GMT	4
Probably not a lot of meat in this article for people who follow this newsgroup, but worth a read just for the scary statistics. Susan Hough and her new book get a mention. Basically, there are a lot of places on earth vulnerable to major quake